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Rainfall, strong winds continue after typhoon sweeps Japan
Published on 16/08/2019
» Heavy rainfall and strong winds continued to hit Japan on Friday as a powerful typhoon stayed over the Sea of Japan after ripping through the western part...
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Greenland cold-shoulders Trump's reported buyer's wish
AFP, Published on 16/08/2019
» STOCKHOLM: Greenland is not for sale, the mineral-rich island said Friday, after a newspaper reported that US President Donald Trump was asking advisers whether...
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Sam Rainsy plans return to Cambodia
Published on 16/08/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s most prominent opposition politician, Sam Rainsy, says he plans to return home on Nov 9 from self-imposed exile, along with other leaders...
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US lawmaker rejects conditions for West Bank visit
AFP, Published on 16/08/2019
» WASHINGTON: Palestinian-American lawmaker Rashida Tlaib on Friday rejected Israel's offer to allow her to visit her grandmother in the West Bank, blasting the...
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Denmark to Trump: Greenland not for sale
Published on 16/08/2019
» US President Donald Trump reportedly wants to buy Greenland, the world’s biggest island. Denmark, unsure whether the former real estate developer is joking,...
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Macron presses Putin on Ukraine
AFP, Published on 16/08/2019
» PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron hosts his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday for a rare visit, with Paris hoping to nudge Moscow towards steps...
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10 Italian tourists hurt after bus skids off road
Published on 16/08/2019
» LAMPANG: Ten Italian tourists were injured, one of them seriously, after their bus skidded off a road and turned over on its side in Mae Tha district on Friday.
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Consumer body raps restaurant for never-ending promotion
Published on 16/08/2019
» A Thai restaurant in Singapore has been rapped for a misleading 'limited period' promotion that lasted two years.
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Turkish army pension fund to buy British Steel
AFP, Published on 16/08/2019
» ANKARA - The Turkish military pension fund OYAK said Friday it had signed a provisional deal to buy British Steel after the UK steelmaker was forced into liquidation...
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Thai Life makes acquisition in Myanmar
Published on 16/08/2019
» Thai Life Insurance has struck a deal to take a 35% stake in Citizen Business Insurance (CB Insurance), becoming the first Asean insurer to enter Myanmar's insurance...